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Four arrested over group attack on car in Oita
Police in Oita arrested four people over a group attack on a car, including a 28-year-old man and three teenagers.
The incident happened on September 16 on a road in Oita City, southwest Japan, when the car was stopped at a traffic signal.
Police suspect the group had planned to break the windows and that the teenagers followed the car in two vehicles.
They allegedly blocked it from the front and rear, then smashed three windows with a pipe-like object.
Three people were in the car, and one was lightly injured; a passenger called police to report that the car had been attacked.
Police say the three teenagers had left before officers arrived and were identified through later investigations.
The four were arrested between October 8 and 18, and police are investigating the motive and circumstances.
Four people, including three teenagers, were arrested on suspicion of smashing the windows of a car in Oita City.
Police say the group used an object like a metal pipe to break three windows while the car was stopped at a traffic light.
The incident happened at about 2 a.m. on September 16, and one of the three people in the car suffered minor injuries.
The suspects are a 28-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys, according to one report.
Police are investigating the circumstances and motive; the suspects’ responses to the allegations have not been disclosed.
- Who
- Four people: a 28-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys.
- What
- They were arrested on suspicion of collectively damaging a car by smashing three windows with an object like a pipe.
- When
- About 2 a.m. on September 16.
- Where
- A road in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.
- Why
- The motive is not stated. Police are investigating the circumstances.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The car was stopped at a traffic light in Oita City and three of its windows were smashed.
Police arrested the four suspects over the incident.
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Yahoo!ニュース and TBS NEWS DIG published reports about the arrests.
- Suspects
- Four people: one 28-year-old man, one 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys
- Incident time
- About 2 a.m. on September 16
- Location
- Oita City, Oita Prefecture
- Windows damaged
- Three: the front passenger-side window and both rear windows
- Injuries
- One of the three people in the car suffered minor injuries
- Arrests
- October 8–18
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